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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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